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of the lungs, toxEemia, tendinitis and myocarditis are unfavorable 

 complications. 



Treatment : Hygienic and dietetic measures are most important. 

 In very high fever, give antipyretics ; likewise, symptomatic treat- 

 ment in other alarming conditions such as intestinal antiseptics in 

 diarrhcEa, heart tonics in myocarditis, etc. Nuclein, tallianin, col- 

 loidal silver, bacterial endotoxins and serum therapy are of disputed 

 therapeutic value. More recently, salvarsan and neosalvarsan have 

 been advocated as specifics and "sure cures" and the outlook is 

 most encouraging. 



Give the symptoms of foot and mouth disease (aphthae epizooticas). 



Fever, redness and tenderness of the buccal mucous membranes 

 and teats, grinding of teeth, salivation, smacking of tongue, tender 

 feet, shaking of feet backward; blisters on lips, buccal mucous 

 membranes, teats and between digits; these blisters may rupture 

 and leave a raw, inflamed, underlying tissue; separation of horn 

 from coronary band sometimes occurs; diarrhoea in sucklings due 

 to gastro-intestinal catarrh. Prognosis favorable in adult cattle. 

 Recovery in 2 weeks. 



Give the symptoms and course of rabies in dogs. 



Two forms, furious and dumb. Furious form: More affec- 

 tionate, dulness alternating with excitement ; peculiar howl, due to 

 paralysis of the throat; depraved appetite, hallucinations, eyes 

 red and fixed; wanders away from home, biting dogs, persons and 

 all objects in its path ; dribbling of saliva and finally paralysis of 

 the lower jaw, pharynx and posterior limbs, followed by death. 

 Course, 2 to 5 days. Dumb form : Usually follows the furious form 

 and represents the paralytic stage. If present from the first, the 

 animal is dull, apathetic, shows little or no inclination to bite; no 

 howling, seeks seclusion and quiet. Paralysis extends and death 

 follows. 



Describe the successive symptoms of a very severe case of distemper 

 in the dog eventually ending in death. 

 Fever, vomiting, coughing, nasal discharge which is first serous 

 but later mucopurulent; catarrhal conjunctivitis, keratitis, ulcers 

 on the cornea; exanthema; catarrhal bronchitis and pneumonia, 

 chorea, emaciation and death. May have the nervous form, mani- 

 fested by chorea, from the first. 



Give the causes and symptoms of Texas fever. 



Cause : A microorganism belonging to the protozoa, called piro- 

 plasma bigeminum, also called Babesia bigeminum bovis. 



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